Great Warriors of Sui and Tang Dynasties

Chapter 1299
Sunny weather.

This way, I didn't experience a single rain.It is not bad to travel in winter without rain. Although the wind is blowing, there is no rain or snow, and the road is not in a hurry, which makes the team travel very easy.

The emperor drove along the Jishui River, and green wheat seedlings could be seen in the fields on both sides of the river. The huge team could consume a lot of supplies every time they went to a place, but fortunately, they were well prepared.However, this huge eastward tour team abruptly caused prices in places along the way to soar several times.

In particular, some rare local specialties were sold out.

Every time a car is parked, it will attract a large group of merchants and people, and a temporary market will rise next to it. Luoyang merchants bring all kinds of goods from the capital, local merchants prepare various local products, and nearby people who come here after hearing the news All kinds of goods from the merchants, and many local people also came to sell chickens, ducks, pigs and sheep.

The huge spending power of the team wiped out the goods every time, making the merchants and common people who came here full of excitement and couldn't close their mouths.

"Emperor Sui Ming passed by us this time. At that time, our county magistrate asked us to get the pheasant feather. It had to be the longest and most beautiful feather on the male pheasant. A male pheasant only has one feather. Each of us has to hand in several feathers. You said how can we get so many pheasant feathers in a short period of time, but there is no way to do so. I remember at that time, a pheasant feather was fried for more than 100 yuan. Some people, I can’t help it, I can’t get it myself, I can’t afford it, but the yamen presses me hard, so in the end I have no choice but to sell my daughter.”

An old man sat under a willow tree and talked about the past.

It was also the emperor who was passing by on patrol, but now that Emperor Qin was passing by, not only was he not required to hand in any local products, nor was he required to undertake any extra labor, let alone pay any money, and he was hired to build roads before, and he was also paid a salary.Now a family comes to sell the chickens, ducks, geese, pigs and sheep in the seller, and the price of each item is much higher than before.

Really made a lot of money.

"If I had known this year's Shengjia tour, I would raise more chickens, ducks and geese, more chickens and ducks."

The other also said, "That's right, a big goose sold for a pig's money soon."

"I sold a basket of eggs for half a pig's money."

Everyone is a nearby villager. I don’t know how many times I went to and from the camp market this day. At first, I came to sell some eggs and duck eggs. Who knew it was so easy to sell, and the items were sold out as soon as they arrived. I hurried home and went again. I got some, and bought them up right away.

With a cruel heart, he also caught and sold the old hen and crowing rooster at home, and the price was doubled. Those people from Luoyang are really rich, and they don't ask the price when they buy things, just grab them.

In the end, old man Xu dragged all the pigs that were going to be slaughtered during the Chinese New Year to his family, and sold them now.

"I thought the nobles in Luoyang didn't eat pork but only mutton."

"The nobles don't eat pork, but the nobles bring so many followers, how can there be so much mutton to eat, you can't drive the sheep behind every day, right?"

From Luoyang to Lu County, the number of people driving has increased from a few hundred thousand at the beginning to nearly 30 now. Too many people have come to follow, and they all want to go to Mount Tai to see the big scene.

Although the Ministry of Internal Affairs had mobilized many chickens, ducks, pigs and sheep along the way, it was still unexpected.These accompanying people are all in good condition, and those who drag their families along with the team come east, and they are not short of money.

The meat and vegetables prepared by the Ministry of Internal Affairs are given priority to the emperor and hundreds of officials. Of course, those who come at their own expense can only be bought from the local people. Fresh vegetables are more difficult to transport.

So the price went up again and again, and then everyone didn't ask the price at all, and grabbed something first when they saw it. Anyway, no matter how expensive it was, they could afford it.

"I made a lot of money this trip." Old man Xu said with a chuckle.

"It's a pity that the car driver didn't stay here for long, and he will leave tomorrow."

A person next to him said, "This holy driver has to go back to Luoyang, maybe he will pass here, we can make more preparations."

On the big set.

A group of strangely dressed people were strolling around. They seemed to be very interested in the goods in front of each stall, and they wanted to check and inquire about them, but they didn't buy them in the end.

Even if they buy, they still like to haggle for a long time, and they are definitely not as bold and generous as the nobles.

Old man Xu asked, "Who are those people?"

"I heard that they are from the Japanese mission. You see, they are extremely short, and these Japanese people have bow-legged legs. These short people are the most stingy. They like to ask left and right when buying something, and they like to bargain."

"How dare the Japanese come to see you? Didn't they join forces with Baekje to rebel?"

"It was indeed like this before. These Japanese people don't know the heights of heaven and earth. How dare they call themselves the emperor? After being reprimanded by the emperor's envoy, the Japanese people were dissatisfied, so they agreed with Baekje's rebellion and rebelled. In the end, they alone Why did the prince bring 1 people here, but they were all wiped out by the Bohai fleet as soon as they arrived in Baekje, and then the Japanese ships could not go out to sea, and they would be sunk at sea as soon as they left the port. Tens of thousands were lost, and most of them were picked up and sent to Daqin to be sold as slaves, but I heard that these Japanese slaves are not very popular, they are too small to be useful.”

The Japanese army could not go out to sea, and the fleet of the Qin army brought merchant ships to attack the coast of the Japanese country, and captured people as slaves everywhere. , defending each other.

After Baekje was destroyed, everyone in the Wa Kingdom was shocked.

The regent crown prince and the ruling Suga Mazi no longer fought each other, and finally reached an agreement to send envoys to Daqin to plead guilty, hoping that Daqin would stop sending troops to harass and attack the Wa country.

"Are these Japanese people really stupid or are they pretending to be stupefied? They first came to cause trouble, but now they want to clap their hands and let it go?" Old man Xu couldn't listen anymore.

"No, how can this be possible? The Wa Kingdom has picked something up, and now it wants to end it. How could the saint agree? It is said that the saint refuses to accept the Japanese envoy's accompaniment, and has already negotiated with the prime ministers to send a fleet Bringing merchant ships to continue to attack the coast of the Japanese country, and even issued an edict, saying that all the righteous, merchants and people of our Great Qin Dynasty can cross the sea to attack the Japanese country, and if they can capture a hundred miles, they will be awarded ten miles as a fief and granted them a baron."

"What do you mean?" Old man Xu didn't understand.

"It means that the sage encourages everyone to fight against the Japanese. Whoever can secure a territory, the imperial court will allocate a piece of land and reward him as a fief and reward him with a title!"

Old man Xu slapped his thigh, "With this edict, will the Wa Kingdom be over?"

"No, there is another news that is spreading rapidly now. It is said that this country is rich in silver and copper. There is a big mountain full of silver below it, which is tens of millions of catties. Another big copper mountain is even more terrible. There's more copper underneath."

"Impossible, tens of millions of catties of silver?" Old man Xu didn't dare to imagine how big this mountain of silver was. "If the Japanese really had such a big mountain of silver and copper, would they be so weak?"

"There are some beggars who are guarding the golden rice bowl. The Japanese are not good at mining themselves. If we go instead, we will have to mine millions of taels of silver a year."

A group of villagers sighed there, if there were such a big silver mountain and a big copper mountain, then the Japanese people would really be doomed.

(End of this chapter)